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Engineers Break SLS Rocket Propellant Tank On Purpose
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Photo shows how the Space Launch Sysetm (SLS) rocket liquid oxygen tank failed during a structural qualification test at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The photos show both the water flowing from the tank as it ruptured and the resultant tear left in the tank when it buckled during the test. Engineers pushed the liquid oxygen structural test article to the limits on purpose.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineEngineers Break SLS Rocket Propellant Tank On Purpose. NASA/MSFC, 2020-06-24. Public domain. ID: MSFC_2020_XP_SLS_P_ 005_PD002-Test-Case-TTF-4697_LOX_Test to Failure06242020 post test_096.
